Biography
Rupert Stuart-Smith is a Research Associate in Climate Science and the Law at the Oxford Sustainable Law Programme. His present research interests cover the use and interpretation of climate science evidence in litigation and methodological developments in climate change attribution science. His current work also spans climate and glacier modelling, the impacts of climate change on health and strategy development for climate litigation.
Rupert's recent publications include research on the impact of climate change on glacial retreat in Peru in the context of an ongoing lawsuit (Lliuya v RWE) and the evidence needed to bring successful legal claims on the impacts of climate change. His research has been published in leading scientific journals including Nature Geoscience and Nature Climate Change.
Rupert has authored expert reports for climate lawsuits and worked as a consultant for the Foundation for International Law for the Environment (FILE), supporting the development of FILE's legal granting strategy, and for WWF-UK, Climate Analytics and Vivid Economics. Prior to joining the Sustainable Law Programme, Rupert worked towards a DPhil and holds a BA(Hons) in Geography from the University of Oxford. Rupert has also received the Alfred Steers Prize from the Royal Geographical Society, awarded to the author of best Undergraduate dissertation in a UK geography department.
Rupert's work has been featured in the global media, including by The Guardian, BBC, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Reuters, and Carbon Brief.
Additional Reports
Stuart-Smith, R.F., Climate change in the Arctic: impacts and attribution. Scoping study for WWF-UK (2020).
Conference Papers
Stuart-Smith, R.F., Roe, G.H., Li, S., & Allen, M.R. Human influence on the retreat of Palcaraju glacier (Cordillera Blanca, Peru). American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting (2019).
Recent Publications
in Nature Climate Change
Thomas Hale , Thom Wetzer , Selam Kidane Abebe , Myles Allen , Amir Amel-Zadeh , John Armour , Kaya Axelsson , Ben Caldecott , Lucilla Dias , Sam Fankhauser , Benjamin Franta , Cameron Hepburn , Kennedy Mbeva , Lavanya Rajamani , Steve Smith , Rupert Stuart-Smith
in One Earth
Emily Boyd , Brian C. Chaffin , Kelly Dorkenoo , Guy Jackson , Luke Harrington , Alicia N'Guetta , Emma L. Johansson , Linnéa Nordlande , Salvatore Paolo De Rosa , Emmanuel Raju , Murray Scown , Joyce Soo , Rupert Stuart-Smith
Rupert Stuart-Smith , Ben Clarke , Luke J. Harrington , Friederike E. L. Otto
Rupert Stuart-Smith , Aisha I. Saad , Friederike E. L. Otto , Gaia Lisi , Kristian Cedervall Lauta , Petra Minnerop , Thom Wetzer
in Nature Climate Change
Rupert Stuart-Smith , Friederike E. L. Otto , Aisha I. Saad , Gaia Lisi , Petra Minnerop , Kristian Cedervall Lauta , Kristin van Zwieten , Thom Wetzer
Gaurav Ganti , Andreas Geiges , Matthew Gidden , Inga Menke , Carl-Friedrich Schleussner , Rupert Stuart-Smith , Ryan Wilson
in Nature Geoscience
Rupert Stuart-Smith , G.H. Roe , S. Li , Myles R. Allen
in Health Affairs
Kristie L. Ebi , Christofer Åström , Christopher J. Boyer , Luke J. Harrington , Jeremy J. Hess , Yasushi Honda , Eileen Kazura , Rupert Stuart-Smith , Friederike E. L. Otto
Simon Dietz , Valentin Jahn , Jolien Noels , Rupert Stuart-Smith , Cameron Hepburn
Recent Events
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'Fighting climate change in the courts: the potential of climate change litigation' - Rupert Stuart-Smith (Sustainability)
INET Researcher Seminar
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